{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/kjv/psalms/81","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-29T17:31:51.453Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":81,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":80,"nextChapter":82,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":16},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"{To the chief Musician upon Gittith, <i>A Psalm</i> of Asaph.} Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"For this <i>was</i> a statute for Israel, <i>and</i> a law of the God of Jacob."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"This he ordained in Joseph <i>for</i> a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: <i>where</i> I heard a language <i>that</i> I understood not."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"I <i>am</i> the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: <i>and</i> they walked in their own counsels."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, <i>and</i> Israel had walked in my ways!"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee."}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 81 (KJV)","markdown":"[Psalms 81](https://primebible.com/kjv/psalms/81)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/psalms/81 (accessed 2026-05-29)."}}